Cabomba pitonii
| Cabomba pitonii Temporal range: [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Cabombaceae |
| Genus: | Cabomba |
| Species: | †C. pitonii
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| †Cabomba pitonii | |
Cabomba pitonii is an extinct species of aquatic plant in the family Cabombaceae known from Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France.
Description
[edit]The species had submerged leaves.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was described by Louis Laurent and Pierre Marty in 1940. The original spelling was Cabomba pitoni. The type specimen was collected in Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France.[1] It has been dated either to the Eocene,[3][2] or to the Paleocene (Selandian).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cabomba pitonii L. Laurent, Marty in L. Piton. (n.d.). The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI). Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://ifpni.org/species.htm?id=30D7B8D6-3F0D-C3C7-9E11-A5448E2A3995
- ^ a b Concepción Alvarez Ramis & Teresa Fernandez Marron (1981) Considérations sur le rôle des phanérogames aquatiques du cénozoïque dans la détermination de l'âge de leurs gisements. pp. 85–97. Comptes rendus du 106e congrès national des sociétés savantes perpignan 1981, section des sciences: paléontologie
- ^ a b Piton, L. E. (1940). Paléontologie Du Gisement Éocène de Menat: (Puy-de-Dôme) (flore Et Faune). p. 44. Frankreich: Imprimeries P. Vallier.